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Manager, ERP Transactional Processing – GL & Reporting (Domestic)

Job Title
Manager, ERP Transactional Processing – GL & Reporting (Domestic)
Job ID
27706031
Location
Chattanooga,  TN 37421
Other Location
Description
SUMMARY
The Manager, ERP Transactional Processing – GL & Reporting (Domestic) is part of the Oracle Cloud ERP implementation finance team at Astec Industries, Inc. Reporting to the Director of Accounting, this key position will be relied upon as a subject matter expert for the Oracle Cloud modules with a focus on the general ledger. The Manager’s function is to elicit, analyze, specify, validate, and document the stated and implicit needs of the business. He or she will serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and the project team to implement business and system processes at local sites with defined workflows to support the migration from legacy systems to Oracle Cloud ERP based on the global design as well as to support any incremental requirements based on local site needs through written requirements development and solutioning.

This will include conversion of local sites to standard data and process maps and identifying technology or process gaps and remediation plans with the new systems. In addition, this role will support the system conversion, testing and implementation at certain sites (domestic team or international team). In addition, this role will identify process improvements to the original global design and support remediation and implementation of such improvements to the global Oracle users. This role will primarily focus on the Finance and Accounting Value Streams, more specifically, the sub-processes of the general ledger and reporting as they relate to the Global Oracle ERP Project.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Work with business stakeholders to learn business processes and gather business requirements to determine fit with the global design or where gaps may exist that require a solution.
  • Establish self as a trusted adviser and thought leader to the business teams.
  • Break down technical complexities so that they can be easily understood by business units and project stakeholders.
  • Assist business stakeholders with testing of system changes and analyze data flows for process improvement opportunities.
  • Ability to synthesize high-level concepts surrounding new work requests into a set of business requirements.
  • The person will help collaborate with Oracle Consultants and Astec IT Business Analysts to configure the Oracle Cloud product to support initial implementation of certain sites (domestic or international) and subsequent process optimization efforts for the global design.
  • Understand integration points with other systems that interface with the application, evaluate and minimize ripple effects.
  • Provide support to end-users and other subject matter experts, including managing issue resolution and performing root cause analysis as needed.
  • Training users on the system and maintaining training materials up to date for all process improvements implemented.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS
Zero (0) direct reports

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, or equivalent business experience.
  • CPA, preferred
  • Eight to ten years’ experience as an Accountant within a manufacturing company.
  • Experience with process mapping, group facilitation, data gathering and analysis.
  • Prefer experience as a project team member for a full lifecycle tier 1 ERP implementation project, and all phases (requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, training, and measuring effectiveness).
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Including Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint and preferably Sharepoint.
  • Experience using Oracle ERP Cloud in an Accounting role is preferred.
  • Experience with one or more report building software applications is preferred.
  • Experience within a publicly-traded company and SOX compliance is required.
  • Must be highly self-motivated.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision is required.
  • Must be able to solve problems at both a strategic and tactical level.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills are required.
  • Must be able to work well within and across functional teams and geographic regions.
  • Strong ability to facilitate and lead meetings and discussions.
  • Must have strong presentation skills.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals is required.

Must have expert/senior level experience within the functional value streams of Accounting and Financials Management, including the various sub-processes within the following functional areas:
 
  • Accounting Flows (Manufacturing, Inventory and Procure to Pay) into the GL
  • Intercompany Accounting and Financials
  • Project Accounting (Costing/Billing)
  • Chart of Accounts
  • General Ledgers (prepaids, accruals, revenue recognition, etc.)
  • Fixed Assets
  • Cash Management
  • Journals
  • Global Tax and Currencies
  • Fiscal Document Capture/Generation
  • Period Close
  • Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations
  • Compliance

TRAVEL
Based on project needs and may be up to 50% of annual time; domestic and/or international.
 

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